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Susannah Elizabeth Ayres Marlay

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Birth	:	1827 Virginia, USA
Death	:	28 Apr 1852
Burial	:	Ayres Cemetery, Russell, Highland County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.2219910, -83.7044080
Description	:	David N. McBride and Jane N. McBride, Cemetery Inscriptions of Highland County, Ohio, 2nd edition, 1972, p. 498, lists the burial of "Elizabeth Marlay" with no dates [presumably because they read a tombstone with that name]. Same book, same page, lists a burial of "S.E.L.M." also with no dates [presumably because they read a stone with those initials]. Same book, same page, says, "In the Highland News dated April 30, 1852, is the following death notice: 'Died on Wednesday evening, the 28th inst., at 7 o'clock, Mrs. Susannah C.L. Marlay, wife of J.K. Marlay, Esq., of this place.... Read More	David N. McBride and Jane N. McBride, Cemetery Inscriptions of Highland County, Ohio, 2nd edition, 1972, p. 498, lists the burial of "Elizabeth Marlay" with no dates [presumably because they read a tombstone with that name]. Same book, same page, lists a burial of "S.E.L.M." also with no dates [presumably because they read a stone with those initials]. Same book, same page, says, "In the Highland News dated April 30, 1852, is the following death notice: 'Died on Wednesday evening, the 28th inst., at 7 o'clock, Mrs. Susannah C.L. Marlay, wife of J.K. Marlay, Esq., of this place. Funeral services at the residence in Hillsborough at 10 o'clock Friday morning. the interment will take place at the family burial ground of the late P.L. Ayres, five miles west of town.' One stone reads 'Susannah's Grave.' All stones copied." Putting this all together, we know that Peter L. Ayres' daughter, Susanna/Susannah Elizabeth Ayres Marlay, was married to J.K. Marlay and died in April 1852. So, the stone that says "Elizabeth Marlay" could be hers, and the stone that says "S.E.L.M.," could be hers, and the stone that says "Susannah's Grave" could be hers. Elsie Johnson Ayres, Highland Pioneer Sketches and Family Genealogies [1971], p. 750, describes Susanna [sic] as, "Susanna Elizabeth, only daughter of Peter L. and Elinor T. (Holman) Ayres to reach maturity, was the first wife of James K. Marlay [but in the next paragraph, Elsie refers to the man she just called "James" as Joseph K.]. She died April 28, 1852, a victim of cholera, as was Leroy Tandy, son of Dr. Robert H. Ayres. They were interred on the family plot. Two of the colored 'retainers' who came to the area with the family were also cholera victims. This fact added fuel to the tale that the house on Horner's Hill was hounded.'" [Typically, Elsie failed to note sources for these assertions. Note, however, that she was the wife of Edwin Billingham Ayres, Jr., who died 7 years before her book's publication, and this was his own Ayres family.] Adding to the confusion is the 1845 Highland Co marriage record. It lists the groom's given name as Joseph, not James (as stated by Elsie Johnson Ayres), and it gives the name of Susan/Susanah/Susannah once as Susan and once as Susanah and never as Susana, the spelling used by Elsie. And, the bride's middle initial is unclear on the record as well.

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Latitude: 39.2219910
Longitude: -83.7044080

Family Members:

Parent

Peter Leake Ayres

(1789 - 1849)

Eleanor Tandy “Elinor” Ayres

(1798 - 1835)

Spouse

Siblings

Rev Nathan Tandy Ayres

(1822 - 1845)

Thomas Burge Ayres

(1832 - 1906)

Mary Ayres

(1835 - 1835)

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Coordinate: 39.2219910, -83.7044080

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